I am desperate to learn piano to enhance my songwriting and also because i despise trying to find chords with just manually plugging in midi notes in my DAW. I'm a drummer and have found that I am very hands on when it comes to writing and playing. I don't have the best ear either so I suck at trying to figure out what sounds good. I like rules and although i know creativity requires breaking some rules and delving into chaos, i feel it would help me best if i knew the rules (theory) better before breaking them.
I already know rhythm theory and i played french horn in high school so I'm not brand new to theory and notation. I am rusty though with treble clef sight reading since its been several years. Very rusty with bass clef, as I haven't read bass cleff since 9th grade 8 years ago playing timpani.
I've looked into playground sessions and i've tried it for a week now. I've gotten to several of the "both hands" sections and i'm unhappy with how you seem to have to rely on the numbers instead of learning to read the notes themselves. I asked the support team and they said they're coming out with a notation course by the end of 2018. I may just get a refund.
Piano marvel seems a little better with traditional notation....but then I looked up the Alfred All in One Piano book and a lot of people said it was great; they learned a lot even without a teacher.
Should I try piano marvel? Should I stick to playground sessions? Should I try the book? Or should I go some other route/combine any of these? I would LOVE to get a real teacher but absolutely cannot afford it right now.
Submitted September 19, 2018 at 01:56PM by scarybran https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/9h6w8c/best_route_to_learn_piano_when_you_cant_afford_a/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Wednesday, September 19, 2018